Former Department of Justice attorney Eli Rosenbaum and Palm Beach Circuit Judge Charles E. Burton were both honored at this year’s Project Nuremberg Lawyers Luncheon held May 3 in Boca Raton.
The event, chaired by Robin Bresky, is an annual program of Temple Beth El that reminds the community about how the rule of law brought order to the world after World War II and the Holocaust.
Rosenbaum, the keynote speaker, received the Jay and Marilyn Weinberg Rule of Law Award, named for the philanthropic couple who sponsors the event each year. For 38 years, Rosenbaum investigated and prosecuted numerous human rights violators around the globe. He won more cases against Nazi criminals than the governments of the rest of the world’s nations combined.
Judge Burton received the Civility Award. A circuit judge since 2005, he has always scored among the highest in the Palm Beach County Bar’s judicial surveys. Within six months of being appointed to the county bench in 2000, he served as chair of the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board during the presidential election that year.
“With antisemitism on the rise around the globe, this year’s luncheon was as relevant as it has ever been,” said Bresky, an appellate attorney who chairs the event each year. “We can learn a lot from the past and apply it to situations we are facing in the world today.”
Past speakers at the Lawyers Luncheon include Ben Ferencz, Alan Dershowitz, and former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd.
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About Project Nuremberg
For over a decade, Project Nuremberg has brought high-profile speakers to the local community to show that law is what brought order to a post-Holocaust, post-WWII world. Each year, hundreds of attorneys gather at Temple Beth El for the annual Lawyers Luncheon, which showcases these speakers and allows them to share their unique experiences with the law. Past speakers have included Ben Ferencz, Avner Avraham, Senator Christopher Dodd, Alan Dershowitz, Florida Supreme Court Justice Robert Luck, and many more distinguished guests.
